Show Why do you have to take dumb classes Vern Rawcliffe Contributing writer riter So here it is semester mid-semester already Students are barely able to keep up with all of the assignments and one professor says to write a page 5 paper on the nutritional habits of some pre-Columbian pre tribe Why do students need these d dumb mb classes anyway What good will it do them after they leave Students need to take a deep breath grab something cold to drink with lots of ice to chew on and rethink this whole thing Could it be that there is something students need to learn leam that is not between the covers of textbooks Is there something more to be gained from a class than sitting in an endless monotone lecture Most of what students learn leam in college will be obsolete in less than a year as far as technology goes And any jobs that students get will require them to adapt to their new employers way of doing things which is probably totally different than what was taught college classes A big part of the college experience is learning how to learn leam Students need to grasp the important aspects of each subject and separate those from the nice niceto to know but not needed stuff Then students will get through college in far better shape The Useless Continued on I Useless classes I Continued from Al learning doesn't stop when I the class is finished If students are able to build the learning skills necessary t for them to adapt quickly to I i- i new environments and new cultures they will be more successful Maybe that HIST 1700 class will help students appreciate the opportunities they have now and help them to be more compassionate towards those who have different challenges ID Maybe students can apply some of those things they picked up in ECON 1740 and use the ideas in their personal lives to build a solid financial future Maybe they can use some of the principals from COMM 1010 to better present themselves with more self Maybe they can be more tolerant of situations that appear to be very volatile Maybe what students should learn is the way to approach problems and how to solve them rather than worry about specific questions and answers So hey maybe that class isn't so dumb after all Maybe students can use it after as they step ahead into the future r I |